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February 19th
175 Notable deaths
Armen Alchian
American economist.
Born April 12th, 1914 in Fresno.
Died February 19th, 2013 at 98 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Ruth Barcan Marcus
American philosopher (1921-2012).
Born August 2nd, 1921 in The Bronx.
Died February 19th, 2012 at 90 years old in New Haven. [ref]
Richard A. Whiting
American composer and songwriter.
Born November 12th, 1891 in Peoria. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1938 at 46 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
August Schmidhuber
German general.
Born May 8th, 1901 in Augsburg.
Died February 19th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging).
Vitaly Vorotnikov
Russian politician (1926-2012).
Born January 20th, 1926 in Voronezh.
Died February 19th, 2012 at 86 years old in Moscow.
David Boggs
American electrical engineer.
Born June 17th, 1950 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2022 at 71 years old in Stanford (heart failure). [ref]
André Leroi-Gourhan
French archaeologist.
Born August 25th, 1911 in 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1986 at 74 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky
Russian artist (1868-1945).
Born December 20th, 1868 in Belsky County. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1945 at 76 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Hamilton Harty
Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist.
Born December 17th, 1880 in Royal Hillsborough. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1941 at 60 years old in Hove. [ref]
David Watkin
British cinematographer (1925-2008).
Born March 23rd, 1925 in Margate. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2008 at 82 years old in Brighton (prostate cancer). [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 175
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